SUMMARY AND REMARKS ON BOOK 3. DAVID K


w[orker]s for g[ood] w[ork]. "Das spart der kleinere Besitzer."*

660 [513-4].

In a[griculture] h[ousehold] wage l[abor] d[ecreases] |, manual l[abor] i[ncreases].

667 [519-20].

"L[aw] of d[iminishing] f[ertility]"— leads to Arealerweiterung** — throughout the world (overseas c[ompetition]!)

670 [522-3].

Growth of livestock.

674 [526].

More livestock among the petty.

683 [535].

S[ocial]d[emocracy] for all-sided r[aising]*** etc. of p[easant] a[griculture].

687 [536].

M[arxism] trifft nicht zu**** (for a[griculture]).

699 [546].

T r a n s f o r m a t i o n of l a r g e h[ouseholds] into petty-p[easant] ones.

700 [547].

Against a[gricultural]-h[ousehold] c[o-o]p[eratives] of r[ural] w[orkers] (cf. with productive a[ssociations]!!)

701 [548].

Produzenten g e n o s s enschaften — compromise b[etween] i[ndividual] and a[ssociative] h[ousehold] p[rinciple].

701 [548].

"I[deological] c[ontent]" of the w[ork] is much higher for petty p[easants]....

701 [549].

Union of Obereigentumsrecht der Gesamtheit u[nd] Nutzniessungsrecht des einzelnen*****...

703 [550].

Union of p[etty] p[easants] with w[orkers]....

1 See Bulgakov's "Capitalism and Agriculture." St. Petersburg, 1900, vol. 1, pp. 33-36.

* Lenin refers to the work of V. V. (Vorontsov) "Progressive Tendencies in Peasant Agriculture." St. Petersburg 1892, pp. 70-84. See also Lenin, Works, vol. III, pp. 207-208.

* — "This saves the petty proprietor." Editor.

** — expansion of sown acreage. Editor.

*** — raising. Editor.

**** — does not apply. Editor.

***** — supreme right of property of society as a whole and the usufruct rights of the individual. Editor.


LENIN COLLECTION

SUMMARY AND REMARKS ON KAUTSKY'S ARTICLE
"SOCIALISM AND AGRICULTURE"*

From K. K[autsky]'s articles against D[avid] (N[eue] Z[eit] 1903
N[o] 22-26) to note:

N[o] 22, 679. After '48 bourgeois e[conomists] turn toward K[lein]b[etrieb].

679. P[etty]b[ourgeois] socialists and proletariat at the b[eginning] of the m[ovement] for K[lein]b[etrieb].

683. M[arxism] transfers the laws of i[ndustry] to a[griculture].

681. Incorrect: c[oncentration] and f[ragmentation] of l[and] (Liebknecht).

685. Reasons for "revision": (1) overseas c[ompetition] f[acts]
(2) Leutenot** in industrial u[psurge].

687. S[plit] of p[easantry] into p[etty] b[ourgeoisie] and p[roletariat] (NB)

.... "Unser Eingreifen... Entfaltung der Klassengegensätze"***...

23, 728. D[avid]... eine Art Neuprouddhonist****...

731. ... D[avid] resolutely for K[lein]b[etrieb]. "Organic and m[echanical]" production. But is there no difference in industry? Heavy i[ndustry]? C[hemical] i[ndustry]? A[griculture] and livestock r[aising]? Hospital w[ork]?

24, 745. — Peasant f[amily] of | w[orkers]? full w[orker]!

748. — p[sychological] m[oment]," proprietor's interest—(b[ourgeois] a[rgument], — private Arbeit, rastlose Täigkeit*****.

* The summary of Kautsky's article is written on a separate sheet; on the reverse side of the sheet Lenin wrote at the top: "K. Kautsky on D[avid]." Editor.

** — human need. Editor.

*** — "Our intervention... development of class contradictions." Editor.

**** — a kind of neo-Proudhonist. Editor.

***** — domestic work, tireless activity. Editor.
